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If I’d realised this was directed by the man responsible for Swinging with the Finkels I probably would have given it a miss and I really wish I had. Admittedly the film isn’t aimed at a cynical git like me but rather grannies who prefer their films to be syrupy and bland. The film’s target audience will happily lap up its nauseatingly manipulative story and its supposedly loveable lead character.

Ioan Gruffudd and Toni Collette star as a recently bereaved couple who want to adopt a child. When a precocious and vaguely sinister seven-year old turns up on their doorstep it seems their prayers have been answered. Eli is a ginger haired brat who wears a suit and watches CNN.…

A cheesy film that works very well for the general public. Even the most symbolic scenes, where inspiring messages tried to be conveyed, ended up showing nothing but common sense. The typical precocious character is used here to fix this couple's life (their 5-year-old son passed away 2 years earlier and Alec's company is on the edge of bankruptcy). So, the boy, Eli, enters the story magically, knocking on their front door, wearing a suit, and talking too politely for his age. The movie doesn't hide this magic, but goes on the opposite way - a mysterious homeless mentor, "fairy" talks, and Eli's origin. Everyone expects these resolutions in the end, and so many clues were given... The result: a…

This is meant to be a heart warming family comedy film about a child-less couple who want to adopt, and end up with an adorable little boy in a suit and a tie on their doorstep.

What I appeared to watch was a creepy horror film about a couple in a failing marriage who are trying to save their marriage with a child and ended up adoptiing a so called orphan on their doorsteps. Except the so called orphan was just a grown man who looks like a child, and he tried to murder the head of the orphanage. Well, not really, but the way the child dressed and spoke and helped with the couple's problems creeped me out so much that this film have made more sense if it was a remake of the horror film Orphan. *shudder*

A cheesy film that works very well for the general public. Even the most symbolic scenes, where inspiring messages tried to be conveyed, ended up showing nothing but common sense. The typical precocious character is used here to fix this couple's life (their 5-year-old son passed away 2 years earlier and Alec's company is on the edge of bankruptcy). So, the boy, Eli, enters the story magically, knocking on their front door, wearing a suit, and talking too politely for his age. The movie doesn't hide this magic, but goes on the opposite way - a mysterious homeless mentor, "fairy" talks, and Eli's origin. Everyone expects these resolutions in the end, and so many clues were given... The result: a…